THE EMMYS
Food Facts
American History
Plumbing
The Olympics
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A 1960 Emmy for drama writing went to this creator of the "Twilight Zone"

Rod Serling

100

The early Romans used it as an ointment; we use it on toast & baked potatoes

Butter

100

He organized the corps of men who photographed the Civil War; poor eyesight limited his work

Matthew Brady

100

When joining copper water pipes, use solder free of this heavy metal once commonly used in plumbing

Lead

100

Russian city where Nadia Comaneci competed in her second Olympics

Moscow

200

In 1990 & 1991 this Fox show was named the outstanding animated prime-time series

The Simpsons

200

The brittle of peanut brittle includes sugar, water, baking soda & this syrup

Corn

200

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a founder of the ACLU, was expelled in 1940 for being a member of this party

Communist Party

200

Of 20, 200 or 2000 gallons, the amount of water used by the average American household each day

200

200

Nicknamed "Sir Charles", he was part of the gold-medal-winning 1992 U.S. "Dream Team"

Charles Barkley

300

When accepting his Emmy for "Saturday Night Live" in 1976, he took one of his trademark pratfalls

Chevy Chase

300

Classically, this French dish is an old rooster cooked in wine; you can use a game hen

Coq au vin

300

Over half the value of U.S. exports from 1815-1860 came from this crop

Cotton

300

This common home device has a relief valve to prevent an explosion in case of thermostat failure

Hot water heater

300

In this sport's individual event all 64 competitors shoot at targets 70 meters away at the same time

Archery

400

This sitcom's Laurie Metcalf received Emmys in 1992, '93 & '94 for her role as Jackie

Roseanne

400

Cultivated in hothouses, the button is a common one of these

Mushroom

400

The Bay of Pigs invasion plans were first drawn up under this president

Eisenhauer

400

In the ion-exchange type of this device, hard water is filtered through a material called zeolite

Water softener

400

At the 1984 L.A. games, she won a silver in the heptathlon & her brother Al, a gold in the triple jump

Jackie Joyner-Keerse

500

In 1982 this 3-time Oscar winner won an Emmy for her performance in "A Woman Called Golda"

Ingrid Bergman

500

Added to punch or hung in the closet, it's a fruit studded with cloves & then dried

Pomander

500

In 1930 Charles Evans Hughes left the World Court to take this position in the U.S.

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

500

Found beneath a sink, this U- or P-shaped pipe maintains a water seal to keep sewer gas out of your house

Trap

500

The 3 throwing events in the decathlon

Discus, Javelin, & Shotput